If Anyone Still Reads This...

I've decided that since I finally have a quiet weekend at home I will update this blog. We have had a busy, busy summer traveling to Utah, Stirling and Edmonton a ton. We have had so much fun and I wanted to share pictures of all the things we've been doing...

1. Ava's Graduation from preschool and year end party. Miss Connie and Miss Denise have been great teachers and Ava will miss them both. She keeps talking about wanting to go back to preschool instead of kindergarten in the Fall.

2. Allan and Danielle came out with the kids for a visit. Ava loves spending time with her cousins, Emma and Walker. They had a lot of fun with one another regardless of Ava being territorial.

3. We then took a long road trip down to Utah to visit Shane's mom in Mountain Home, had a brief visit with Mandy and were also able to stay with Rob, Amy and the family.

4. Kristi and Jared came out with the boys Canada Day long weekend. The weather was so terrible that it was hard to want to spend any time outside. We did go to the parade regardless and spent some time at the festivities. The boys were able to go out to the mine and see the big trucks...I think that was probably the highlight for them.

5. We spent a weekend down in Stirling to celebrate settler days. All the kids had so much fun swimming, going to the parade and playing together.

6. Spent some time in Jasper taking Ava to see Toy Story 3 and going swimming. Then the first part of August Jay and Kristi came with their boys for a visit. Jay and the boys had never been to Alberta and therefore had never had a chance to see the West Edmonton Mall. We spent a lot of time there...going to Galaxyland, Waterpark, Sea Life Caverns, Bowling, Mini Golf...pretty much everything there is to do there. Ava was so brave and went on so many of the rides at Galaxyland and the waterslide all by herself at the Waterpark.

7. We took Ava to the city to see her cousin Emma and to get her haircut. She loved, loved the pampering and had so much fun at the salon. Ava had a perma-grin the whole time and Lauren did a great job. We took the two girls shopping too and Ava had so much fun snapping pictures...she's quite the little photographer.

Little Update

Instead of reading everyone else's blogs I guess that it's time to update my own. I have been extremely busy with work and playing softball for a community team that the last thing I think about is blogging. Sleep is much more important!! I now have a little bit more free time on my hands as I'm not working for the next week and a half. Ava will be staying with us which we're both thrilled about. While Shane's at work making the big bucks I'll be at home having fun, fun, fun. As soon as she gets feeling better we'll be making crafts, jumping on the trampoline, going to the park, gardening, swimming, and one of Ava's favorite activities...working out.

No one likes a post without pictures, so I'll share some from Easter down at mom and dad's house and one when Ava was coloring Easter eggs at her cousin Emma's house.

BYU Madness

Can they pull this one off? Can Fredette lead BYU to a victory over Kansas State tonight, upsetting the Little Apple? They made it into March Madness with a 29-5 record and the Wall Street Journal has them slated to make it all the way to the final four. Let's see if they can live up to the hype and make it to Salt Lake City!!

100 Posts and Counting

Last Sunday Ava had to stay in her dress all day...I think she feels more like a Princess when she's in her Sunday best. When I took the first picture of her she was looking at the TV. Whenever I tell her to look at the camera instead she says to me, "I can't help it." Shane taped Madagascar 2 for her which she's watching and she couldn't keep her eyes off the show. It took three tries to get her to look at the camera in the second photo.

Crazy Weekend!

Ava and I just having a little fun. Enjoy the pictures. I've been busy working and the last thing I feel like doing is blogging!!

Tis the Season

I absolutely love this time of the year and can not get enough of it. We decorated the tree and the rest of the house. Ava was so excited that she got to put the decorations wherever she wanted. I had to do a little switching around when she wasn't looking, but she did a pretty good job on her own. The house looks fabulous inside and out. Ava's favorite thing right now is Runolph (Rudolph) that sings when you press his ear. She has to do everything with him...eat, sleep, watch movies, etc.

We had Shane's work Christmas party yesterday for the kids and Ava was a little unsure of Santa at first, but warmed up to him after a short time on his lap.

Domestic Goddess

For Ava's birthday I decided to pull out whatever creative bone I could find and made this Arial cake for her. It wasn't my best work as the icing was not cooperating and started to melt before I could get it on the cake. She loved it and that's all that matters. She couldn't stop talking about her Arial cake and was very protective of it at her party.